Open AccessAcute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy and ulcerative colitis: a possible association
Author(s) -
Di Crecchio Lorenzo,
Parodi Maurizio Battaglia,
Saviano Sandro,
Ravalico Giuseppe
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0420
pISSN - 1395-3907
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2001.790324.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fluorescein angiography , posterior pole , ophthalmoscopy , indocyanine green angiography , ulcerative colitis , pathology , ophthalmology , retinal pigment epithelium , indocyanine green , lesion , dermatology , retinal , disease
. Purpose: To report a case of Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy (APMPPE) in the course of Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Methods: A complete ophthalmologic evaluation, including fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, was performed. Results: A patient with exacerbation of UC was referred to our department for sudden visual loss in RE. Ophthalmoscopy disclosed multifocal yellow‐white placoid lesions typical of APMPPE in RE. There were no lesions in the fellow eye. On fluorescein angiography (FA), the active lesions showed early hypofluorescence, followed by late staining. Indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) revealed early and late hypofluorescence corresponding to the lesions observed clinically, and late anular staining surrounding a hypofluorescent lesion at the posterior pole. On LE ICGA revealed lesions not detected with ophthalmoscopy and FA. After corticosteroid therapy the lesions healed. Conclusion: Ulcerative Colitis may be responsible for the onset of AMPPPE by an immunological mechanism of delayed type hypersensitivity reaction.